On June 17-19, come join some of the leading Christian thinkers, theologians, and teachers including Alistair Begg, Michael Horton, Steven Lawson, Albert Mohler, Burk Parsons, Derek Thomas, R.C. Sproul Jr., and R.C. Sproul as we explore some of the toughest questions we as Christians face. Plan now to attend this encouraging and thought-provoking event.
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The April edition of Tabletalk is out. This month's theme is "A Brave New World." The issue looks at how the rapidity of change in our culture has affected many of its institutions, for good and ill. Contributors include R.C. Sproul, Douglas Kelly, Carl Trueman, John Muether, Robert Strimple, Scott Anderson and Walter Chantry.
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When God called me into fulltime Christian ministry, He called me to the academy. I was trained and ordained to a ministry of teaching, and the majority of my adult life has been devoted to preparing young men for the Christian ministry and to trying to bridge the gap between seminary and Sunday school through various means under the aegis of Ligonier Ministries.
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In the third part of this ongoing series from John Gerstner's Primitive Theology, Dr. Gerstner uses a fictional dialog between Christian and Inquirer to provide a primer on the Christian doctrine of the atonement.
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Burk Parsons has served at Ligonier Ministries for twelve years, and for the past eight years he has served as the editor of Tabletalk magazine. He also serves along side Dr. Sproul as associate pastor at Saint Andrew’s where he spends the majority of his time.
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In this ongoing series from John Gerstner's Primitive Theology, Dr. Gerstner uses a fictional dialog between Christian and Inquirer to provide a primer on the Christian doctrine of the atonement.
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In the title “United States of America,” the emphasis is necessarily on the word united. When America was in its infancy and seeking to establish itself as a sovereign nation, it faced many challenges, not the least of which was that King George of England was not interested in letting his colonies in America go free. If these colonies were to establish themselves as a nation apart from British rule, they were going to have to do so by defeating the most powerful army on the earth, namely, the British Army. To do so, it would have to pull together a formidable army out of a scattered rag-tag group of colonial militia. Yet, perhaps the most daunting task in this mission was the pulling together thirteen separate colonies and convincing them of the need to rally around a single vision and mission. This would not be easy.
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Martin Luther struggled greatly with the relationship of God’s sovereignty to human free will and sin. In fact, one of the greatest books ever written on the subject, TheBondage of the Will, is from Luther’s pen. When Luther grappled with this issue, he especially struggled with the Old Testament passages where we read that God hardened Pharaoh’s heart.
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Dr. R.C. Sproul ended the conference with a message called Back to Basics. What are the Basics? Dr. Sproul read from Romans 1:1-7. Paul calls himself a slave and notes that he is called for a particular task, that of proclaiming the "gospel of God". The construction "of" is possessive -- Paul has been set apart for a gospel that is God's gospel. It is His gospel, and He will judge us by how we handle His gospel.
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